crypto: atmel-sha204a - fix blocking and non-blocking rng logic
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: atmel-sha204a - fix blocking and non-blocking rng logic The blocking and non-blocking paths were failing to provide valid entropy due to improper buffer management. Reading the buffer starting from byte 1, only fetch the 32 bytes of random data from the return message. Tested on an Atmel SHA204A device. Before (here for blocking), tests showed repeatedly reading reduced bytes. $ head -c 32 /dev/hwrng | hexdump -C 00000000 02 28 85 b3 47 40 f2 ee 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.(..G@..........| 00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000020 After, the result will be similar to the following: $ head -c 32 /dev/hwrng | hexdump -C 00000000 5a fc 3f 13 14 68 fe 06 68 0a bd 04 83 6e 09 69 |Z.?..h..h....n.i| 00000010 75 ff cf 87 10 84 3b c9 c1 df ae eb 45 53 4c c3 |u.....;.....ESL.| 00000020
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74402
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5f8p-9776-4575
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76269a91fd9560c5f03c3e59421a0329e39a6661
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9039bb4f238474379221fc933c34f19f0cba501b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4aa6141ff03ec82eed6fcef814300fb855ce5d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e833e865e4944ba75120db534bd931db6cf677d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fa302bbc62dec7cb6339c9494e0e3f2f884afeb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aac63bbea8fd5a34f1a4305cb73369068f952d32
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/938ae1fb4a8f5db43b62b6206d409efbf317f0d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/319400fc5ee15db5793aa45f854968141326effc
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74402 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74402 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5f8p-9776-4575 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74402 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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